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aground

[uh-ground]

Origin

adverb, adjective

on or into the ground; in a stranded condition or state: The ship ran aground.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English. See a-¹, ground

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aground (əˈɡraʊnd)

—*adv, —adj*
	(postpositive) on or onto the ground or bottom, as in shallow water

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Word Origin & History

aground

c.1300, from a- "on" (see a- (1)) + ground.

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"Every man beholds his human condition with a degree of melancholy. As a ship aground is battered by the waves, so man, imprisoned in mortal life, lies open to the mercy of coming events."

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